NETWORK FINALS: OLYMPICS coverage adjusted up 0.1 to 6.9 in final numbers. In addition, the MADTV rerun lost 0.1.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.01 from last week to 0.82. OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS slipped 0.06 to 0.79. On Freeform, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS lost 0.05 to 0.55, and DEAD OF SUMMER was up 0.03 to 0.20. On History, COUNTING CARS’ 0.47/0.44 compared to last week’s 0.35/0.33, and BIG EASY MOTORS’ 0.31/0.30 compared to 0.26/0.23. RIO SUMMER OLYMPICS coverage peaked on NBC Sports Net in primetime at 0.39, with CNBC and USA at 0.13, and MSNBC at 0.05. A Donald Trump Town Hall episode of FOX News’ HANNITY hit the Top 10 at 0.38, but it was the night’s highest-rated show in total viewers and was by far the most watched among the network’s core M50+ viewership. A 5PM Cartoon Network airing of AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL was right behind Trump in 18-49s at 0.35, and a 5:30PM ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS on Nickelodeon was just out of the Top 10 at 0.29. A&E’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT fell 0.05 to 0.32, while BORN THIS WAY rose 0.06 to 0.27. Food Network’s CHOPPED was down 0.03 to 0.28, CHOPPED JR dropped 0.02 to 0.24. HBO’s HARD KNOCKS lost 0.02 to 0.28. TLC’s TODDLERS & TIARAS returned at 0.22. The season finale of MTV’s SCREAM added a tick to 0.19, and an AFTER-SHOW was at 0.08. BET’s MUSIC MOGULS gained 0.03 to 0.15.

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NETWORK UPDATE: GREY’S ANATOMY, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER and THE BIG BANG THEORY eaxh rose 0.1 in final Thursday numbers Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):

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Mitch Metcalf

MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.